coconut chocolate bars

These coconut chocolate bars are rich of flavors, soft and tender on the inside, smothered in bitter-sweet dark chocolate and sprinkled with coconut flakes. They taste more like little cakes rather than cookies but nonetheless they look very pretty and decoratively on your christmas cookie plate.

Preparation for about 80 little cakes

Preheat the oven to 180° C and line a baking tray with parchment paper.

200 g milk chocolate

250 g butter, at room temperature

150 g sugar

1 tablespoon vanilla sugar

dash of salt

6 eggs

150 g ground almonds

200 g coconut flakes

100 g flour

250 g dark chocolate couverture

about 50 g coconut flakes for decoration

In a heatproof bowl, over a saucepan of simmering water, gently melt the chocolate.

Put the soft butter, the sugar, the vanilla sugar and salt in a bowl and beat until well mixed.

Add the eggs, one at the time, and fold in the melted chocolate, the ground almonds, the coconut flakes and sift in the flour.

Spoon the dough in the prepared baking tray and bake the cake on the middle rack of the oven for about 15 minutes.

Cool the cake completely on a wire rack.

In a heatproof bowl, over a saucepan of simmering water, gently melt the couverture.

Cut the cake in about 2 x 2 cm cubes, dip the cakes in the chocolate and sprinkle the little cakes with coconut flakes.

Merry Christmas Bridget!!! This is such a wonderful recipe. I’ve always loved the ingredients you used in your creations. Using coconut in this recipe has certainly gave the chocolate bars a magical touch to elevate the overall flavor and texture. I really love it 🙂